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April 9, 2020

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From Ndjamena to Cape Town, the politics and military history of sub-Saharan Africa since 1960 in an #onthisday format.

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NINE DAYS WAR: Alouette gunship returns to Etale base in northern #Namibia with SWAPO prisoners #NineDaysWar #Angola #BorderWar

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8 April 1997- Mobutu Sese Seko declared a State of Emergency as street protesters clashed with Loyalist forces in Kinshasa Zaire #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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17h

8-11 April 2018- Operation SUKULA: @UN @UN_CAR and #CentralAfricanRepublic FACA forces entered the PK5 area of Bangui to disarm armed groups and arrest their leaders; fighting erupted, and 20 were killed and 135 injured

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NINE DAYS WAR: 21 SWA police fighting vehicles, including this casspir, were knocked out by SWAPO/PLAN anti-tank weapons during the #NineDaysWar 1-9 April 1989 #Namibia #Angola #BorderWar

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7 Apr

Chad’s Ex-President Hissen Habre, Sentenced to Life for crimes against humanity, Given Temporary Reprieve From Prison #Tchad https://nyti.ms/34eK3Nj

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7 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: SWA police dig a mass grave for 41 of the estimated 282 PLAN fighters killed during the SWAPO incursion into #Namibia from 1-9 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #Angola #BorderWar

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7 Apr

Black South Africans line up at a government office in Johannesburg #SouthAfrica to receive new pass books on 7 April 1960; hundreds had burned their passses during the recent strikes and unrest and needed new passes to go back to work

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7 Apr

#Uganda civilians greeting a #Tanzania Type-59 tank rolling through the suburbs of Kampala on 7 April 1979; the city would fall four days later #UgandaTanzaniaWar

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7 Apr

7 April 1994: #Rwanda interim Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and ten @UN Belgian peace keeping soldiers were killed by Rwandan soldiers in KIgali #Kwibuka26

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7 Apr

Convicted Congolese Warlord Escapes. Again. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/07/convicted-congolese-warlord-escapes-again

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6 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: Dead PLAN fighter on spare wheel of a casspir brought back from the fighting near Tsandi on 6 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #Angola #Namibia #BorderWar

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6 Apr

6 April 1994: The Presidents of #Rwanda and #Burundi were killed when their aircraft was shot down just before landing at Kigali airport #Kwibuka26

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6 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: A Ratel of SADF 63 Mech Battalion knocked out in a ambush east of Ehoma in which 17 SWAPO fighters were killed on 6 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #Namibia #Angola #BorderWar

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MONUSCOMONUSCO@MONUSCO·
6 Apr

#MONUSCO🇺🇳 Intervention Brigade (#FIB) and troops of the 3402nd battalion of #FARDC proceed with joint day and night patrolling, in and around Kamango to reassure the populations who had fled that area a few months ago due to #ADF attacks.

#DRC🇨🇩 #A4P

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5 Apr

5 April 1989- NINE DAYS WAR: Witness to contact on the Cunene River near #Angola border, SWAPO fighter Albert Nakawa #NineDaysWar #Namibia #SouthAfrica

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5 Apr

5 April 1968: #Nigeria federal army trains recruits during #NigerianCivilWar #Biafra https://youtu.be/F72rDfape6c via @YouTube

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4 Apr

4 April 1997: #Rwanda RPA troops captured the diamond centre of Mbuji-Mayi in Kasai province central #Zaire #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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4 Apr

#Rwanda Hutu refugees camped on railroad tracks south of Kisangani near Ubundu #Zaire on 4 April 1997; Up to 80,000 were in camps which would be attacked by Rwandan allied AFDL irregulars later in April killing thousands #FirstCongoWar #Congo

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4 Apr

4 April 1977- SHABA I: Zaire broke off relations with Cuba, claiming it had evidence #Cuba was involved in FNLC invasion of Shaba province from #Angola

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4 Apr

The 11-man military committe that ruled #Congo Republic Brazzaville after the asassination of President Marien Ngouabi on 18 March; Joachim Yhombi-Opango (middle front row) was appointed President on 4 April 1977

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4 Apr

Battle for Abidjan: A column of heavily armed pick-ups of the forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara approach the city of Abidjan #IvoryCoast as @UN helicopter gunships attacked positions of Gbagbo forces in the city on 4 April 2011

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4 Apr

4 April 2011: @UN helicopter gunships fired on positions of forces loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo in Abidgan #IvoryCoast as Quattara forces reached the outskirts of the city; a missile attack on a military camp caused a massive explosion

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4 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: SWATF soldiers surround a church hospital in Onanjokwe in search of PLAN guerrillas; three 101 Battalion soldiers were killed on 4 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #Angola #Namibia #SouthAfrica #BorderWar

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4 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: The body of Cpl H Carstens of SADF 1 recon regiment is carried to a plane at Oshakati base in #Namibia; he was killed in fighting near Eenhana where PLAN guerrillas and SWAPOL COIN (Koevoet) units were engaged on 4 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #BorderWar

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4 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: 101 Battalion soldiers, along with five other SWATF battalions who had been de-mobilised, were recalled by agreement with @UN special representative Ahtisaari because of the fighting #Angola #Namibia #borderwar #SouthAfrica #NineDaysWar

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3 Apr

3 April 1984- "Without bloodshed-to complete calm, and amid popular rejoicing": One week after the death of long-time rular Sekou Toure, a military junta led by Col. Lansana Conte seized power in #Guinea by a coup d'etat

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3 Apr

2 April 2013- Operation SERVAL: French armoured reconnaissance mission to village of Araouane #Mali 250 km northeast of Timbuktu

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3 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: SWA police COIN with some of the 33 PLAN fighters killed in a ambush on afternoon of 1 April 1989 west of Oshikango; the police lost three constables killed, six vehicles in the contact #NineDaysWar #Angola #Namibia #borderwar

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3 Apr

Fighters loyal to Alassane Quattara outside Abidjan, #IvoryCoast on 2 April 2011: hundreds were killed in a rapid advance of Quattara forces on the city which aimed to oust Laurent Gbagbo who had refused to leave office after losing an election in December

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3 Apr

US President Jimmy Carter and Lt General Olusegun Obasanjo in native garb in Lagos #Nigeria on 2 April 1978; Carter called for a new peace conference for #Rhodesia, and support for the British-American plan which called for a British caretaker government followed by elections

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2 Apr

2 April 1994- "I want to say to you the revolution is at hand. Let us begin it": AWB rally in Ventersdorp, plans for the Volkstaat and war #SouthAfrica

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2 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: SWA police constables with SWAPO dead after a contact on 2 April 1989 #NineDaysWar #Angola #SouthAfrica #Borderwar

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2 Apr

2 April 2003- The Final Act: In Sun City #SouthAfrica the last agreement was signed by #Congo government and all rebel and opposition groups providing for a transitional government, elections and ending the #SecondCongoWar

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2 Apr

1 April 1997- "The Mobutu regime must end": Zaire's Parliament selected long-time opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi as the new Prime Minister #Congo #FirstCongoWar

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KenRothKenneth Roth@KenRoth·
1 Apr

You can tell a leader's character in time of crisis. Some have responded to the coronavirus by trying to protect their people. But autocrats see it as an opportunity to silence critics and consolidate power. Our health suffers. I explain in @NYBooks: https://trib.al/RWHpcmx

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1 Apr

1 April 2007: The BIRAO PEACE ACCORD was signed by the #CentralAfricanRepublic and the UFDR rebel group, ending the majority of the fighting in the #CentralAfricanRepublicBushWar

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1 Apr

Refugees fleeing #Uganda cross into #Kenya as #Tanzania troops and UNLA rebels began final advance on Kampala on 1 April 1979 #UgandaTanzaniaWar

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1 Apr

1 April 1989: SWAPO held a rally and attempted a march of its supporters from the black township of Katutura to Windhoek, but was turned back by SWA police #Namibia #Angola

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1 Apr

NINE DAYS WAR: Corpses of 21 of the estimated 120 PLAN fighters killed in contacts with SWA police units in the first few days of fighting #Namibia #Angola #NineDaysWar

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1 Apr

1-9 April 1989- NINE DAYS WAR: With @UN Resolution 435 and a cease-fire going into effect at midnight, hundreds of SWAPO/PLAN fighters crossed the border from #Angola leading to nine days of fighting with #SouthAfrica police and army units in #Namibia #Borderwar #NineDaysWar

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1 Apr

Casspir of SWAPOL COIN, formerly Koevoet, patroling the #Angola/SW Africa border on 31 March 1989 #BorderWar #NineDaysWar

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1 Apr

Margaret Thatcher at Windhoek #Namibia with General Prem Chand, head of UNTAG military mission on 1 April 1989; she called for a special session of @UN Security Council due to morning clashes between SWAPO/PLAN and SWAPOL COIN units

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1 Apr

31 March 1989: As part of the Tripartite agreement signed in December, #SouthAfrica soldier Johan Papenfus (shown with Cuban soldiers), captured on 4 May 1988 in #Angola, was exchanged for 11 Angolan and four Cuban prisoners at the Angola/#Namibia border #BorderWar

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1 Apr

NINE-DAYS WAR "The beginning of a new era": @UN Special Representative #Namibia Martti Ahtisaari arrived at Windhoek airport and held a press conference with #SouthAfrica SWA Adminstrator Louis Pienaar on 31 March 1989 #Angola #BorderWar

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31 Mar

31 March 1979- "I'm a spy for #Rhodesia": Afonso Cotoi,
@executedtoday by firing squad in #Mozambique for treason and spying #RhodesianBushWar

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31 Mar

Barthelemy Boganda was the leader of the #CentralAfricanRepublic independence movement who died in a plane crash on 29 March 1959; Unfortunately, his death would lead to David Dacko, 'Emperor' Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Dacko reprise, Andre Kolingba, Ange-Felix Patasse, Francoise Bozize

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31 Mar

Democratic forces for the Liberation of #Rwanda FDLR fighters in North Kivu province in eastern #Congo March 2015; the FDLR is the latest iteration of Rwandan Hutu army and Iterahamwe militia 'Genocidaires' who formed the ALiR when they fled to #Congo and fought in #FirstCongoWar

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